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  • Subject Pronoun Expression in Spanish

    A Cross-Dialectal Perspective

    Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
    Much recent scholarship has sought to identify the linguistic and social factors that favor the expression or omission of subject pronouns in Spanish. This volume brings together leading experts on the topic of language variation in Spanish to provide a panoramic view of research trends, develop probabilistic models of grammar, and investigate the impact of language contact on pronoun expression ... Read more

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  • Cuban Spanish Dialectology

    Variation, Contact, and Change

    Series series Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
    Despite the significant presence of Cuban immigrants in the United States, current research on Cuban Spanish linguistics remains underexplored. This volume addresses this lacuna in Cuban Spanish research by providing a state-of-the-art collection of articles from a range of theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas, including phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, ... Read more

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  • Dialect Contact

    From Speaker to Community-Based Perspectives

    Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
    New research expands the linguistic understanding of dialect contact in specific communities and individualsDialect contact occurs whenever speakers of mutually intelligible language varieties interact. Many linguists are interested in the outcome of such contact—how it leads people and languages to vary and change, and what such patterns can reveal about language, mind, and society. Dialect ... Read more

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  • The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian

    Simple and Strong

    What’s Old Is New – and Surprisingly Strong! The world’s oldest opening variation, 3...Qd8 in the Scandinavian Defense, has resurfaced in the last decade to give players at all levels a winning edge. Whether you prefer a sharp tactical game or slower positional maneuvering, the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian provides a genuine alternative for club players and grandmasters seeking to play for a win ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    Series series Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
    AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICSThe new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text ... Read more

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  • Bilingual Competence and Bilingual Proficiency in Child Development

    A study of first and second language development in an indigenous community with implications for broader linguistic and cognitive issues.When two or more languages are part of a child's world, we are presented with a rich opportunity to learn something about language in general and about how the mind works. In this book, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the ... Read more

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    Series Book 28 - Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
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  • Language, Culture, and Society

    An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

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  • Sociolinguistic Aspects of Brazilian Portuguese: R Deletion

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  • The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

    Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
    When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international experts say yes and offer cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics to explore how language acquisition, in particular multilingual language acquisition, works.Each chapter presents an original study that supports the ... Read more

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